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the voice is yet to be authenticated, it threatens more attacks against the united states. officials have repeatedly said that there appears to be no link between the christmas day plot and al-qaeda. >>> it's 6:26, around the nation here this morning, crews have been working to protect two sensitive wildlife areas after 450 gallons of oil spilled saturday off the coast of texas. the coast guard says the oil spilled when a tanker collided with a towing vessel near part arthur. this is the largest spill in texas since 1994. >>> the 2010 census is underway. >> one term is causing controversy. what some say it has no place on a federal government program. we'll tell you about it when we come back.
the voice is yet to be authenticated, it threatens more attacks against the united states. officials have repeatedly said that there appears to be no link between the christmas day plot and al-qaeda. >>> it's 6:26, around the nation here this morning, crews have been working to protect two sensitive wildlife areas after 450 gallons of oil spilled saturday off the coast of texas. the coast guard says the oil spilled when a tanker collided with a towing vessel near part arthur. this is...
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he's the president of the united states. the white house says mr. obama will be skipping jury duty after getting a summons in illinois. among other things the president is preparing for his state of the union speech wednesday night. >>> now a look at your monday forecast. a rainy day for most of the east coast. tornado watches in the carolinas and icing in northern new england. windy with light snow around the great lakes. rain and mountain snow out west from northern california into washington and the northern rockies. >> 43 in boise. 30s in kansas city, chicago, detroit. 50s from boston to atlanta. miami just shy of 80. while new orleans and dallas will cover right around 60. >>> and it's only 13 days and counting now until super bowl xliv. the saints claim their first-ever title game berth last night with a dramatic winning field goal in overtime. it was enough to give the saints a 31-28 win over the vikings. >> earlier in the day in indianapolis, peyton manning and the colts ended the jets' dream run. at one point in the first half the colts wer
he's the president of the united states. the white house says mr. obama will be skipping jury duty after getting a summons in illinois. among other things the president is preparing for his state of the union speech wednesday night. >>> now a look at your monday forecast. a rainy day for most of the east coast. tornado watches in the carolinas and icing in northern new england. windy with light snow around the great lakes. rain and mountain snow out west from northern california into...
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of the united states. so it will still be a much less material economy and the american economy in 40 years time. and so i think this is a long and very complicated process. we have never witnessed a process like this. this is completely novel. the western world has always been shape by dominant powers which are both very large economies, and have got very high living standards. the rise of china and india is a completely new situation where the largest economies will no longer be rich societies. and that i think is going to have you know, all sorts of implications which difficult -- all sorts of difficult things, all sorts of implications. so i think it's quite a long process we're looking at. but maybe certain stage that we reach quite quickly that i think the global financial crisis is really about the inability of the united states any longer to underpin the international economic and has been, and therefore i think for a long period of relative instability in that context. now, and there's no success
of the united states. so it will still be a much less material economy and the american economy in 40 years time. and so i think this is a long and very complicated process. we have never witnessed a process like this. this is completely novel. the western world has always been shape by dominant powers which are both very large economies, and have got very high living standards. the rise of china and india is a completely new situation where the largest economies will no longer be rich...
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there were actually invented in the united states. -- they were actually invented in the united states. all of the vehicle manufacturers are spending an enormous amount of time on the component and of this to take cost out, to take weight out because weight is very important in creating optimal energy and so forth. you've also got some very good technology companies who have been attracted to this particular game in order to provide what they think are bad -- or better mousetraps. host: nick on the republican line in florida. caller: i've got a question about how accurate at all this information is that has been forced to the automakers about efficiency, cost and so on. what i know, talking to german people in engineering -- they have a successful engineering staff in germany -- and also here and so on. this technology is nothing new. we built the first electric battery in 1962. we did a hybrid in 1967. this technology is not brand new technology. we developed this in the 1960's. german companies to the same thing. and what it did, this amount of r&d is not cost-effective. the harvard
there were actually invented in the united states. -- they were actually invented in the united states. all of the vehicle manufacturers are spending an enormous amount of time on the component and of this to take cost out, to take weight out because weight is very important in creating optimal energy and so forth. you've also got some very good technology companies who have been attracted to this particular game in order to provide what they think are bad -- or better mousetraps. host: nick on...
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institutions that have bought the debt of the united states for the united states dollars or equivalents. look at what happened to us. if you think back a few years, we have a tsunami. we heard it coming. we put these your things down and heard this gigantic wave. here is the wave. just look at it. it does not matter whose numbers you use. something like this turns up no matter what you try to do to avoid it. it says in 190099 -- 1999, here we are, that we are approaching 50% of our gdp in debt. look what happens. it becomes absolutely unsustainable. as you go to 2019, it has exceeded 100%. most people do not think you can survive on 100% for any length of time. you will see what happens to america after the second world war. some people will say we had a great big debt. talking to two governors here. but that is very dissimilar. all of that debt was owned by us. that was the era of bonds. savings bonds. we owned them. it took us three years and we were of that gigantic 70% aero. but this is the one. we have to turn this one down. some way, over. of 10 or 15 years -- some might over a ti
institutions that have bought the debt of the united states for the united states dollars or equivalents. look at what happened to us. if you think back a few years, we have a tsunami. we heard it coming. we put these your things down and heard this gigantic wave. here is the wave. just look at it. it does not matter whose numbers you use. something like this turns up no matter what you try to do to avoid it. it says in 190099 -- 1999, here we are, that we are approaching 50% of our gdp in...
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but both in the united states and the united kingdom ultimately these decisions are taken by political leaders, by the president, by the prime minister and in the case of the united kingdom in this particular case, by the decision of the house of commons. >> yes. can i just ask -- 'cause you're in close touch from time to time with your exact opposite, donald rumsfeld, who was as it were the forward edge. did he understand our political constraints and conventions and the needs? >> very much so. and donald is a keen student of british politics and of the house of commons. and would from time to time surprise me by the fact that he had been watching events in the house of commons sometimes more assiduously than i have been and would make reference to what had been said and the debates that were taking place. so he was in no doubt of the -- of the constraints that we were under politically. >> by this stage, how good was the relationship? we're talking to them frequently? did you feel you really had some good straightforward relationship with them? >> i always felt i had a good straightf
but both in the united states and the united kingdom ultimately these decisions are taken by political leaders, by the president, by the prime minister and in the case of the united kingdom in this particular case, by the decision of the house of commons. >> yes. can i just ask -- 'cause you're in close touch from time to time with your exact opposite, donald rumsfeld, who was as it were the forward edge. did he understand our political constraints and conventions and the needs? >>...
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the united states senate. it takes 60% of the house of representatives and the president reserves and preserves his ability to veto. so anybody that says this is somehow unconstitutional, it is fully constitutional. anybody who says we're farming out the responsibility to come up with a plan, that's what we always do. we always have committees come up with plans that then come to a vote of the congress. and if you look at fiscal crises, as the one that we're in today and the one that's rapidly approaching, that will be far more serious than the one today, we have always had a special process. whether it was andrews air force base in the 1990's or the greenspan commission in the 1980's, we have repeatedly, when we faced fiscal crisis, resorted to a special procedure. the bipartisan fiscal task force, as i've indicated, requires a bipartisan outcome. 14 of the 18 task force members must agree to the recommendations. the final passage requires super majorities in both the senate and the house. mr. president, this
the united states senate. it takes 60% of the house of representatives and the president reserves and preserves his ability to veto. so anybody that says this is somehow unconstitutional, it is fully constitutional. anybody who says we're farming out the responsibility to come up with a plan, that's what we always do. we always have committees come up with plans that then come to a vote of the congress. and if you look at fiscal crises, as the one that we're in today and the one that's rapidly...
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the united states did not take that view for quite a long time. the fourth division stayed in the eastern mediterranean until after the initial invasion, because the americans assumed that at some stage that turkey would agree. >> i think we would want to check the timing on that. however you look at this, it is quite late in the day to be shifting from one flank to another. all of our planning up to this point goes on one basis and then all of a sudden, you are now looking at having to explain to members of the government that we're looking at a completely sort -- different sort of option $3 we were already because of the affirmation we previously received, we were getting a feel about what might be involved. we had to discuss with the americans that as an alternative. it was not all the sudden. but the actual decision did not come until i came back from turkey. >> one of the things we heard from jonathan powell was that if we had gone through the north that we might have gone as far as to correct -- tikrit. >> i'm not sure that we got into the a
the united states did not take that view for quite a long time. the fourth division stayed in the eastern mediterranean until after the initial invasion, because the americans assumed that at some stage that turkey would agree. >> i think we would want to check the timing on that. however you look at this, it is quite late in the day to be shifting from one flank to another. all of our planning up to this point goes on one basis and then all of a sudden, you are now looking at having to...
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we are the biggest community college in the united states. >> small? 160,000 students? >> yes, and we indicater to basically all of miami dade. all the mayors, senators, congressman. we were meeting with a senator tomorrow. we have a very strong through in -- influence in southern florida. >> so you go for two years? >> correct and then we transfer off to university. >> by the way, this school, george washington, gets $50,000 some-odd a year for tuition. what do you have to pay? >> i've been in the honors college so thankfully we get in-state fully covered but it would be approximately $ 6 a create co--- credit. so every year, $1,000 semester a approximately plus books. >> so a little different. >> right. >> due happen to know how many go on to a four-year university or college? >> once you graduate, especially in honorors college, we all usually going going on to get our bachelor's. >> what have you learned? >> just to keep an open mind. you can't narrow yourself to only your view because there are other people and their views and you need to pay attention to those. >>
we are the biggest community college in the united states. >> small? 160,000 students? >> yes, and we indicater to basically all of miami dade. all the mayors, senators, congressman. we were meeting with a senator tomorrow. we have a very strong through in -- influence in southern florida. >> so you go for two years? >> correct and then we transfer off to university. >> by the way, this school, george washington, gets $50,000 some-odd a year for tuition. what do...
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the united states commends the government of lebanon and the united nations rescue workers and their immediate response and recovery effort. >> the middle class initiatives that the president and vice president outlined today, would you expect that to be essentially the laundry list of new initiatives that we might see in the state of the union? or will there be more announcements and proposals that he plans to put forward on wednesday? >> as is my desire, i do not want to get too far ahead of the man who will make a speech on that and a couple of days. i think you'll see a series of ideas that the president will outline that fall into a few different categories. how to get our economy back on a firmer foundation, and how do we create an atmosphere in the private sector that lends itself to more hiring. what do we do to put our government back on firmer footing with the middle class. and along with that, what ideas do we have for changing the way washington works so that people in this country feel like the middle class is getting as fair a shake as the special interests. >> when he
the united states commends the government of lebanon and the united nations rescue workers and their immediate response and recovery effort. >> the middle class initiatives that the president and vice president outlined today, would you expect that to be essentially the laundry list of new initiatives that we might see in the state of the union? or will there be more announcements and proposals that he plans to put forward on wednesday? >> as is my desire, i do not want to get too...
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as the russians had never actually attacked the united states. nor had their statements expressed visceral loathing against us. one of the peculiarties of head are sexual pornography is so much of the dream is about the wonderful of the natural self as the blows are being instruct. while little is being done about the enemy. the mental camera focuses on the noble intentions and the plans of the slaughterer. while the supposedly once dangerous victim offers up blood and cries, but apparently possesses no intentions, thoughts, or feelings at all. the 18th century figures who device the theory of modern democracy, not to mention the ancient greeked had something else in mind. the american theorist thought that citizens would live and vote based on a rationallal consideration of their own interest. a political speech might in the imagination of these practical philosophers convince the listeners to marshal of evidence and inferences. but to put a drug into someone's drink, knock them out, and carry them home is not a form of seduction. and a to paral
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>> i have been interested in politics, especially in politics in the united states. this program has been amazing to me for getting inside -- one thing that really stayed with me was that sense of respecting both sides, respecting democrats and republicans and the independents. we must take opinions and each party view and respect them and take things from them. >> where do you want to be in 10 years? >> i see myself in the corporate world. in either in under partnership or corporation. >> i want to ask one of the professors or teachers in the audience -- who has the microphone? >> and the student government association president. >> how did you get the job? >> we have to go through a campaign. we have to get a majority vote of the student body. we have to stand for certain issues as to what we can improve. it can be for tuition or books. it can be many things i may mass communication major. this program has been great. it has been amazing and is a greatçó opportunity. miami dade college is a college of opportunities. it has presented itself with the seminar. it ha
>> i have been interested in politics, especially in politics in the united states. this program has been amazing to me for getting inside -- one thing that really stayed with me was that sense of respecting both sides, respecting democrats and republicans and the independents. we must take opinions and each party view and respect them and take things from them. >> where do you want to be in 10 years? >> i see myself in the corporate world. in either in under partnership or...
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states and united kingdom might have been relying on those stocks. some were used as improvised explosive devices without any understanding of what was in the shell. and those shells were being used by some of the insurgents in the aftermath of the invasion. without understanding what they were -- i am not suggesting for a moment that there were of recent production, but they were there and in store, presumably in barracks and armories looted in the immediate aftermath of the invasion. >> it took you a while until the report of the survey? >> i think that is when it began to be clear. again, one of the issues i never quite understood -- i think it is a straightforward issue. why if they did not have access to these stocks, did such an enormous amount of effort go into trying to frustrate the work of the inspectors? there is not an entirely satisfactory answer to that, as far as i am aware, other than that i have speculated people around him knew this production had ended, and no one dared tell him, whether he wanted to keep up the pretense in order t
states and united kingdom might have been relying on those stocks. some were used as improvised explosive devices without any understanding of what was in the shell. and those shells were being used by some of the insurgents in the aftermath of the invasion. without understanding what they were -- i am not suggesting for a moment that there were of recent production, but they were there and in store, presumably in barracks and armories looted in the immediate aftermath of the invasion. >>...
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every year in the united states of america charles darwin is put on trial and only in the united states of america i might add, and i found a wonderful cartoon from 1876 and they're their religious authorities henry beecher, the pope, the rabbis and every stripe of religion, working under an umbrella, shadow of superstition while the pure light of reason with jefferson and darwin and huxley and so on at the top eusebius born with intelligence and reason and a lot and it's having its eyes and adults by clerics. here's a close-up of some of that. there they are. the clerics and there is the pure light of reason. i don't think we quite look at it that way anymore but it's close enough to show part of the controversy that goes on and of course in 1925, a young high school teacher named john scopes deliberately broke law, new the enacted law week, the butler law in tennessee against teaching evolution in public schools and this created the first big test case, the big trial we have william jennings bryant ran three times for president of the united states and evangelical preacher and clarenc
every year in the united states of america charles darwin is put on trial and only in the united states of america i might add, and i found a wonderful cartoon from 1876 and they're their religious authorities henry beecher, the pope, the rabbis and every stripe of religion, working under an umbrella, shadow of superstition while the pure light of reason with jefferson and darwin and huxley and so on at the top eusebius born with intelligence and reason and a lot and it's having its eyes and...
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and emily dickinson was born in the united states, just like me. one unmistakable way is to beat them up. and just as i feel rather well that the write from the united states wins the noble prize, i also feel stronger and more important because my country's par me happens to dominate the world. the king doesn't need to meet his subject in order to enjoy his dominion over them. i don't need to go to a rock to know there are a great number of people around the world, quiet unobtrusive, who experience stomach-turning terror when they see soldiers wearing the uniform of my country approaching their door in the middle of the night. now let's admit that some of the rougher people who seem to thrive in our country, people like dick cheney, for example, may practice and take actual pleasure from the thought of our country's soldiers smashing in the door of some modest house in some god forsaken region of the planet, forcing a family to huddle on the floor, administering kicks to anyone they like. perhaps, that may even be a modest clerk in the bank in kans
and emily dickinson was born in the united states, just like me. one unmistakable way is to beat them up. and just as i feel rather well that the write from the united states wins the noble prize, i also feel stronger and more important because my country's par me happens to dominate the world. the king doesn't need to meet his subject in order to enjoy his dominion over them. i don't need to go to a rock to know there are a great number of people around the world, quiet unobtrusive, who...
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are a lot of people looking for you back in the united states. yufr son. >> how are you? >> i'm all right. >> yes? >> i'm all right. >> this is how we found you. this is picture. this is you. >> reporter: word got out that we were looking for him and the minute he found us, he threw his arms around me and he said, thank you for finding me. i got my producer and we got this man on the phone with his son and it was just -- for us it was a beautiful moment and i think it was obviously a very happy moment for them. >> okay. i'm fine. everything will be okay, okay? >> what was it like to finally hear your son's voice? what was that like for you? >> nice? >> very nice. very nice. and a grateful and relieved son. >> i speak to him now again and it's hard to explain the emotions. i was extremely happy. >> and out of all of this mistery and destruction, to be able to do that for this one family, i think for me was my most memorable moment. >> in some cases, piles of bodies, passing the bodies by, looking sad for lauren and watching small children with parents smiling as they cross
are a lot of people looking for you back in the united states. yufr son. >> how are you? >> i'm all right. >> yes? >> i'm all right. >> this is how we found you. this is picture. this is you. >> reporter: word got out that we were looking for him and the minute he found us, he threw his arms around me and he said, thank you for finding me. i got my producer and we got this man on the phone with his son and it was just -- for us it was a beautiful moment and i...
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states senate from 1996-2008, and he was on the commerce committee during that time which is very much involved in telecommunications policy. our guest reporter this week, john eggerton who is the washington bureau chief of broadcasting and cable magazine. thanks to both of you for being here. >> guest: thank you. >> host: senator, i want to start not so much with telecommunications, but with the supreme court decision this week, and i'm going to ask can you what their ruling on campaign finance means for your members. >> guest: well, i probably should admit i never voted for mccain-feingold, so i actually think it's a good decision for freedom of speech. but ultimately you can't get on tv or radio without paying for it. broadcasters have lots of costs and production of content and, you know can, the american people rely on their tv and radios. ultimately, i suspect it means there'll be more political advertising, but i think that the best part of the ruling was full disclosure, and i think the more that's disclosed, the american people can make a judgment as to who is for whom and why
states senate from 1996-2008, and he was on the commerce committee during that time which is very much involved in telecommunications policy. our guest reporter this week, john eggerton who is the washington bureau chief of broadcasting and cable magazine. thanks to both of you for being here. >> guest: thank you. >> host: senator, i want to start not so much with telecommunications, but with the supreme court decision this week, and i'm going to ask can you what their ruling on...
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it is also important that the united nations and of course the principal provider supplies the united states can work with most affect together to deliver the coordination that is necessary. president obama has explained to me that in addition to the military effort which is massive, 11000 troops have gone in with a few medical hospitals and every other kind of equipment necessary to help people, there is also the civilian effort of usaid which is working very, very hard in the region, and at the same time the work being done by presidents clinton and president bush to coordinate the relief that is being given to people. all these things are designed to ensure there is proper coordination. there are lessons to be learned for the future. we have 1000 group that somebody team ready to go to areas where we attend reconstruction and stabilization is necessary. some of them are in afghanistan at the moment, but the world at some point must come to a decision that first of all, funding has got to be available to move immediately where there is a disaster. secondly, we need a signing up of p
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nations and, of course, the principal provider of supplies, the united states, can work with most effect together to deliver the coordination that is necessary. president obama has explained to me that in addition to the military effort, which is massive -- 11,000 troops have gone in with field medical hospitals and every other kind of equipment that is necessary to help people-there is also the civilian effort of usaid, which is working very hard in the region, and, at the same time, the work that is being done by president clinton and president bush to coordinate the relief that is being given to people. all these things are designed to ensure that there is proper coordination. but i agree with the leader of the opposition that there are lessons to be learned for the future. we have a 1,000-strong civilian team ready to go to areas where reconstruction and stabilization are necessary. some of them are in afghanistan at the moment. the world must, at some point, come to a decision, first, that funding has got to be available to move immediately when there is a disaster. and secondly, th
nations and, of course, the principal provider of supplies, the united states, can work with most effect together to deliver the coordination that is necessary. president obama has explained to me that in addition to the military effort, which is massive -- 11,000 troops have gone in with field medical hospitals and every other kind of equipment that is necessary to help people-there is also the civilian effort of usaid, which is working very hard in the region, and, at the same time, the work...
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it's had a long relationship with the country i've been involved with, the united states, france, and it's like a desperately poor place. and when these terrible disasters happen in a very poor place, the result is magnified over and over and over and over what it would be in a country that is more accessible with more infrastructure so on and so forth. this is a huge, massive disaster for one of the poorest, poorest countries and it's so poor, it's very hard to describe how poor it is compared to all the other countries in that hemisphere. >> larry: well, we're raising a lot of money for haiti tonight, and that's the number one thing, as you know, that they need. what have been your feelings as you watch this disaster? >> well, you know, an earthquake is, it's like the most incredibly physically damaging, but it's also very psychologically damaging, because the ground beneath your feet, everything happeningi int you is destroyed in those moments and your whole psyche is upset. and then, of course, the tremendous physical damage, because the buildings are so poorly constructed, as typ
it's had a long relationship with the country i've been involved with, the united states, france, and it's like a desperately poor place. and when these terrible disasters happen in a very poor place, the result is magnified over and over and over and over what it would be in a country that is more accessible with more infrastructure so on and so forth. this is a huge, massive disaster for one of the poorest, poorest countries and it's so poor, it's very hard to describe how poor it is compared...
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states and europe. >> sreenivasan: at the same time, the nato commander in afghanistan said he hopes an influx of troops will force taliban leaders to accept peace. general stanley mcchrystal suggested former taliban could even join the government. he said, "i think any afghans can play a role if they focus on the future, and not the past." also today, nato officials announced two more soldiers-- one british, one norwegian-- have been killed in bombings in afghanistan. the u.s. military will speed up a review of more than 4,300 iraq and afghanistan veterans. they were discharged with post- traumatic stress disorder, or p.t.s.d., between 2002 and 2008. seven veterans have filed a class action lawsuit. they claim the military illegally denied benefits to those discharged with p.t.s.d. vice president biden's son will not run for his father's old u.s. senate seat in delaware. in an e-mail, beau biden told supporters he plans to seek reelection as state attorney general instead. that leaves republican congressman mike castle, a former two-term governor, without a democratic opponent. gene
states and europe. >> sreenivasan: at the same time, the nato commander in afghanistan said he hopes an influx of troops will force taliban leaders to accept peace. general stanley mcchrystal suggested former taliban could even join the government. he said, "i think any afghans can play a role if they focus on the future, and not the past." also today, nato officials announced two more soldiers-- one british, one norwegian-- have been killed in bombings in afghanistan. the u.s....
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states. i mean, that's a small list, i can make a longer list of the kinds of challenges the mod will have to deal with when it goes into this defence review. >> we are coming towards the end of a long day. i think we ought to take a short break just for a few minutes, then sir lawrence has a couple of questions on resources and then that will be it. if we can come back in no more than ten minutes. >> thank you. >> well, to restart, sir lawrence? >> back to budgets. we went into a campaign with a certain set of assumptions in march 2003. we were there for six years. you obviously weren't secretary of defence for all that period, but you were there for a significant period afterwards. how did you find that you had continuing discussions presumably with the chancellor about how you managed the budgetary position, created by iraq. how did you manage that process? >> i think it is right to say that we did not have any difficulty at all in securing the extra spending specifically for the operation
states. i mean, that's a small list, i can make a longer list of the kinds of challenges the mod will have to deal with when it goes into this defence review. >> we are coming towards the end of a long day. i think we ought to take a short break just for a few minutes, then sir lawrence has a couple of questions on resources and then that will be it. if we can come back in no more than ten minutes. >> thank you. >> well, to restart, sir lawrence? >> back to budgets. we...
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he originally created the bank of the united states, which was a forerunner. he had achieved his fame, but his enemies, led by thomas jefferson broke the story of adultery. but they claim that he was also in business with the woman's husband and he was flipping him tips on the stock market and so hamilton in order to prove that he was still a man of integrity as a financier and a secretary of treasury, he told the whole story of his adultery down to every letter. it was 95 pages long this letter was. and people just laughed. it looked like he was totally finished. but -- i can't say -- you've read the book probably. wait until the people who haven't come across this. it's an amazing surprise and this is one, as i said, the book is full of surprises. this was an enormous surprise to me. as hamilton is arriving in his public shame, in "new york times" is silver service from washington with a letter saying that i just want you to let you know that my regard for you remains unchanged area and he was basically saying i still think you're a preacher at and a man of
he originally created the bank of the united states, which was a forerunner. he had achieved his fame, but his enemies, led by thomas jefferson broke the story of adultery. but they claim that he was also in business with the woman's husband and he was flipping him tips on the stock market and so hamilton in order to prove that he was still a man of integrity as a financier and a secretary of treasury, he told the whole story of his adultery down to every letter. it was 95 pages long this...
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no one has served that state in the united states senate longer than senator specter. so i congratulate my friend arlen specter on making this historic milestone, and it will make pennsylvania proud. he has -- no one that i served with in the senate has a better legal mind than arlen specter. we always look to him when there is a complex legal issue to come and give one of his renowned statements, and so i -- i'm sorry to hold everybody here, but i wanted this night not to go forward without saying about our friend, arlen specter. the presg oicer: the question occurs on the nomination. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. there is. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote? if not, the nomination is confirmed.the evious order, the motion is reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, the president shall be immediately notified of the senate's action, and the senate will resume legislative session.
no one has served that state in the united states senate longer than senator specter. so i congratulate my friend arlen specter on making this historic milestone, and it will make pennsylvania proud. he has -- no one that i served with in the senate has a better legal mind than arlen specter. we always look to him when there is a complex legal issue to come and give one of his renowned statements, and so i -- i'm sorry to hold everybody here, but i wanted this night not to go forward without...
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[laughter] and i understood that larry was so sad to leave france to go back to the united states that i was able the next day to give him a nice piece of news. i said to him larry, taking you to the station where he were going to take your vote back to the states i want to tell you that you now have a family in france. my wife has announced me this morning that she was expecting a child. do you want to be the godfather? and strangely enough this child named alexandra 35 years later lectured in this very museum because she had written a wonderful book about a great painter. so he knew he was went to come back to france and he did six months later as a reporter for newsweek and as daniel told you here we were going to compete on the roads of the world for the big defense of the news. but as competitors, larry collins won they locked me in my bedroom in baghdad so i wouldn't send a photograph of the iraqi revolution come a long time ago. but i was able to avenge myself a few months later by giving him a long train schedule. to a trade leaving djibouti and i was the last journalist to be
[laughter] and i understood that larry was so sad to leave france to go back to the united states that i was able the next day to give him a nice piece of news. i said to him larry, taking you to the station where he were going to take your vote back to the states i want to tell you that you now have a family in france. my wife has announced me this morning that she was expecting a child. do you want to be the godfather? and strangely enough this child named alexandra 35 years later lectured in...